Research on Minorities, [1981]: Race and Crime in Atlanta and Washington, DC (ICPSR 8459)

Citation

Debro, Julius. Research on Minorities, [1981]: Race and Crime in Atlanta and Washington, DC. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-11-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08459.v2

Summary

This data collection effort is an investigation of
criminological and sociological factors within the Black community
with a focus on the alleged high incidence of violent crime committed
by Blacks. Four communities within Atlanta, Georgia, and four within
Washington, DC, were selected for the study. Two communities in each
area were designated high-crime areas, the other two low-crime areas.
Variables include the respondents' opinions on the relationship of race
and socioeconomic class to crime, their fear of crime and experiences
with crime, and contacts and attitudes toward the police. Demographic
data include respondents' gender and religion.

Citation

Debro, Julius. Research on Minorities, [1981]: Race and Crime in Atlanta and Washington, DC. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005-11-04. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08459.v2

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Time Period(s)

1981

Date of Collection

1981

Data Collection Notes

The codebook and data collection instrument are
provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format
was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using
PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on
how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the
ICPSR Website on the Internet.

Universe

Data Source

Data Type(s)

Original Release Date

1985-12-20

Version Date

2005-11-04

Version History

2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one
or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well
as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable,
and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to
reflect these additions.

1998-04-28 The data have been restructured to one record per
case, and SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been
prepared. Also, the codebook and data collection instrument are now
available as a PDF file.

1985-12-20 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Notes

The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.